Heavier Trip - Road to Wacken

A true recapturing of the heart and soul of the first film. A great testament, if you will. I've never loved a follow up as much as I love this. No matter if you're a lover of Baby Metal, or Abbath, Metallica, or Suicide Silence, there is something to be said for the metal community. We're all here for one another, and it shows. This film has more heart than 90% of the mainstream films I've seen since the first one debuted. These reviews have to be so long, but all I need to say is that this film is awesome. Great watch with friends and or lovers of music in general. Share it with your buddies, they'll thank you.

The first film, Heavy Trip, was delightful, fresh and quite Finnish. The characters' naivety projected innocence, making the various daft situations they found themselves in all the more hilarious. Heavier Trip, whether by luck or effort, has managed similar but this time with greater depth. The endearing characters again prevail in even more ridiculous situations. The music is also better than in the first film. Overall, a unique, quirky and sometimes surreal Finnish comedy centring around the friendship between heavy metal enthusiasts on a road-trip. Whether you are a fan of heavy metal or not, it's worth a look.

While it doesn't quite reach the quality of the first movie, it still offers plenty of lighthearted entertainment and a few good laughs.

I mean the plot "band falling apart due to an evil greedy producer guy but gets back together in the end" has been done to death but I'll always enjoy a good, tongue in cheek metal spin on it.

Just don't expect any deep, thought-out story arks, oscar-worthy acting or character growth and you'll have a good time. The music is decent and the cast is likeable.

One smaller gripe I have: It wouldn't hurt to be a little less tropey at times. The forced image change on a band to be more mainstream generally makes for a few good laughs but even that has been overdone by now.

This movie felt so awesome to watch. It's unapologetically itself at all times in the best of ways. Hilarious bits nonstop, badass metal music, all the characters are excellent and the villains sinister and fun, and an absolutely banger soundtrack (from the perspective of a metal guy.)

I also really appreciate the authenticity of the movie. The actors are believable metalheads, the metal culture is brought out in a way that must come from real metalheads, and I appreciate the linguistic realism as well.

This was one of the best movies of the year for me, and I imagine even a nonmetal person would enjoy this!

I was looking forward to seeing this 2024 sequel titled "Hevimpi reissu" (aka "Heavier Trip") to the 2018 "Heavi Reissu" (aka. "Heavy Trip"), because I really enjoyed that movie.

The storyline in the movie, as written by Juuso Laatio and Jukka Vidgren, whom both also directed the movie, was adequate, but it just wasn't as impressive as the storyline in the first movie. Sure, it was still watchable and enjoyable, no doubt about it, but it just wasn't matching the entertainment value of the first movie.

It was fun to see Johannes Holopainen, Samuli Jaskio, Chike Ohanwe and Max Ovaska return to reprise their characters from the first movie. Actor David Bredin was really a great addition to the movie, especially because he played his character so out. The acting performances in the movie were good.

It was actually pretty funny and cool that the girls from Baby Metal showed up and played a part in the movie. As a metalhead, one might think whatever one wants about the band, but one cannot deny that they are famous and have acquired popularity. Of course, as with everything, it is all a matter of acquired taste and personal preference.

The movie has some great music and songs in it, which definitely helps set the mood and atmosphere of the movie.

My rating of "Hevimpi reissu" lands on a six out of ten stars.